Blacknight Announce .XXX Domains are Officially Available for Registration

The floodgates have opened: Blacknight announce .XXX Sunrise.

PRLog - Sep. 7, 2011 - CARLOW, Ireland -- Irish Registrar Blacknight is among only a hand-full of registrars to carry .XXX, the long-awaited Internet extension for the Adult Community. From September 7, 2011 through October 28, 2011 registrants with trademark rights in the Adult Community or those looking to protect their brands in the new TLD may apply to register domains before .XXX is opened to the general public.

Michele Neylon of Blacknight states: “Blacknight’s involvement with .XXX is a no-brainer. Customer interest in .XXX is high and we are proud to be one of the few registrars to offer these domains. It is an exciting time to be in the registrar business.”

During this time, which is referred to as a “Sunrise”, applications for registrations are limited to both those with trademark rights in the Adult Community and non-adult brand protection. These interests are split into Sunrise A and Sunrise B.

Sunrise A is for applicants within the Adult (sponsored) Community.

Sunrise B is for applicants outside the Adult Community who hold qualifying registered trademarks who “seek to reserve names in order to ensure that those names are not registered as domain names by others in .XXX.”

Applicants in Sunrise A have priority over those in B, however successful applications in Sunrise B are permanent. There will be no refunds of domains registered during this period.

Blacknight are offering .XXX domains for €199.95. Landrush (the registration period for non-trademark holding members of the Adult Community) opens November 8, 2011 and General Availability begins on December 6, 2011.

Blacknight are an Irish based, ICANN accredited domain registrar and hosting company. Recipients of several awards for their revolutionary use of social media, Blacknight are one of Europe’s most cutting edge Internet companies. Blacknight constantly seek to lead the way by introducing innovative solutions for its client base and provide dedicated servers and colocation as well as a comprehensive range of Microsoft Windows and Linux based hosting plans and domain name registration services to business globally.